It's been a while since I last posted, and so much has happened. I had to take a couple of weeks off from wedding planning as I traveled to MD with my theatre company to open our first show of the summer season. But I'm back at the arts and crafts now as the big day inches closer.
First of all, we have a new reception venue and it's wonderful! A lovely couple who are members of the church where we are getting married is letting us use their property and barn. Clay and I are so thankful for such a great find and can't wait to celebrate with our family and friends in this unique setting! Finding a venue last minute was no easy task, but we ended up with a place even better than what we had originally. Many thanks to everyone who pulled together to help us. Crisis averted! Here are a couple of photos to give you an idea...
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| The Barn at Horseshoe Bend |
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| Road to Forever |
So the venue is booked and now I'm in DIY invitation land. You can save hundreds of dollars by cutting and gluing the invites yourself. Luckily, my go-to girl, Nina Kari, is also an excellent designer. Nina's beautiful design will be used not only for the invitations, but also throughout our wedding.
It's been a fun process! I scoured five different paper stores in NYC looking for just the right shade of sage card stock and different types of shimmer paper - the price had to be right, too! I finally found the perfect shade at Printicon and ordered everything else including envelopes from Paper Presentation (coming in way under budget). Once we had the design, Nina and I spent one Sunday morning printing, cutting, and gluing invites & RSVPs to card stock...
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